The District of Columbia government is circulating a PDF on what a government shutdown means for us here aside for a holiday for federal workers:
SERVICES THAT WILL CLOSE
• Department of Motor Vehicles: All locations will be closed.
• Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs: The permitting and licensing functions will not operate during a shutdown.
• Department of Public Works: Trash collection will not start until one week after shutdown. Street sweeping will be suspended.
• Department of Transportation: DDOT will be operating with a skeletal crew, so routine maintenance and repairs will cease. Emergency repairs will be made.
• DC Public Libraries: All libraries will be closed.
• Department of Motor Vehicles: All locations will be closed.
• Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs: The permitting and licensing functions will not operate during a shutdown.
• Department of Public Works: Trash collection will not start until one week after shutdown. Street sweeping will be suspended.
• Department of Transportation: DDOT will be operating with a skeletal crew, so routine maintenance and repairs will cease. Emergency repairs will be made.
• DC Public Libraries: All libraries will be closed.
The big one is trash collection. In today’s Examiner, Freeman Klopott notes the rationale behind the garbage policy:
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